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Funding and backers

Total raised
$12.2M
2 rounds on record
Latest round
$11.2M
Venture round · Aug 2023 · 3 yr ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
8
+8 posted in 30 days
The money's age
Long since its last round
38 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
40/100
hiring for its size
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
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Aug 21, 2023 Raised a round Venture round $11.2M · TechCrunch Jan 19, 2022 Raised a round Venture round $1M · YahooFinance 2017 Founded
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top 0.16%
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Hacker News stories
1
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Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Venture round Aug 2023 $11.2M — TechCrunch
Venture round Jan 2022 $1M — YahooFinance
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Overview

Zanifu is a Kenyan fintech founded in 2017 and based in Nairobi. It provides inventory financing to small retailers and distributors. The platform uses transaction data to assess credit.

News

News MyJoyOnline 1 year ago
Yango Group announces strategic investment in the Kenyan fintech platform Zanifu to boost SME growth in Africa
Yango Group, a UAE-based tech company, has announced a new investment in Zanifu, a leading Kenyan fintech platform that provides access to working capital for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). In addition to funding, Yango Group will support Zani
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News TechCrunch 3 years ago
Zanifu raises $11.2M to scale its inventory financing offering in Kenya
The fintech provides inventory financing to retailers, and the new funding will enable it to serve distributors too.
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News YahooFinance 4 years ago
Kenyan fintech Zanifu nabs $1M to bridge MSME financing gap, eyes Ghana, Uganda expansion
Kenyan fintech Zanifu is set to upgrade its platform and grow the number of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) it extends stock financing to after securing $1 million in seed funding. Saviu Ventures, which invested in the startup's pre-seed round
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
48/100
Stable
Open positions
8
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Sales
100% ▲
Actively hiring for Sales (+8 in 30 days)

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
4
Hiring now
3
Countries
1
Busiest office
Nakuru
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Nairobi Kenya
HQ
Nakuru Kenya
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Sales
seen since Oct 2026 job postings
Meru Kenya
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Sales
seen since Oct 2026 job postings
Naivasha Kenya
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Sales
seen since Oct 2026 job postings

Financials

Total raised
$12.2M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
2
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2023 $11.2M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2022 $1M Details